Imperial alchemy : nationalism and political identity in Southeast Asia

Anthony Reid

The mid-twentieth century marked one of the greatest watersheds of Asian history, when a range of imperial constructs were declared to be nation-states, either by revolution or decolonisation. Nationalism was the great alchemist, turning the base metal of empire into the gold of nations. To achieve such a transformation from the immense diversity of these Asian empires required a different set of forces from those that Europeans had needed in their transitions from multi-ethnic empires to culturally homogeneous nations. In this book, first published in 2009, Anthony Reid explores the mysterious alchemy by which new political identities have been formed. Taking Southeast Asia as his example, Reid tests contemporary theory about the relation between modernity, nationalism, and ethnic identity. Grappling with concepts emanating from a very different European experience of nationalism, Reid develops his own typology to better fit the formation of political identities such as the Indonesian, Malay, Chinese, Acehnese, Batak and Kadazan.

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The mid-twentieth century marked one of the greatest watersheds of Asian history, when a range of imperial constructs were declared to be nation-states, either by revolution or decolonisation. Nationalism was the great alchemist, turning the base metal of empire into the gold of nations. To achieve such a transformation from the immense diversity of these Asian empires required a different set of forces from those that Europeans had needed in their transitions from multi-ethnic empires to culturally homogeneous nations. In this book, first published in 2009, Anthony Reid explores the mysterious alchemy by which new political identities have been formed. Taking Southeast Asia as his example, Reid tests contemporary theory about the relation between modernity, nationalism, and ethnic identity. Grappling with concepts emanating from a very different European experience of nationalism, Reid develops his own typology to better fit the formation of political identities such as the Indonesian, Malay, Chinese, Acehnese, Batak and Kadazan.

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[目次]

  • 1. Nationalism and Asia
  • 2. Understanding Southeast Asian diversities
  • 3. Chinese as the Southeast Asian 'other'
  • 4. Malay (Melayu) and its descendants: multiple meanings of a porous category
  • 5. Aceh: memories of monarchy
  • 6. Sumatran Bataks: from statelessness to Indonesian diaspora
  • 7. Lateforming ethnie in Malaysia: Kadazan or Dusun
  • 8. Imperial alchemy - revolutionary dreams.

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[目次]

  • 1. Nationalism and Asia
  • 2. Understanding Southeast Asian diversities
  • 3. Chinese as the Southeast Asian 'other'
  • 4. Malay (Melayu) and its descendants: multiple meanings of a porous category
  • 5. Aceh: memories of monarchy
  • 6. Sumatran Bataks: from statelessness to Indonesian diaspora
  • 7. Lateforming ethnie in Malaysia: Kadazan or Dusun
  • 8. Imperial alchemy - revolutionary dreams.

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この本の情報

書名 Imperial alchemy : nationalism and political identity in Southeast Asia
著作者等 Reid, Anthony
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2010
ページ数 xiii, 248 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 9780521872379
9780521694124
NCID BB0087899X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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